Black Pound Day launches pop-up store in Westfield Stratford City selling over 50 Black-owned businesses
This Saturday, three years on from their momentous launch in 2020, Black Pound Day, the leading movement for Black-owned businesses in the UK, is launching a store [...]
Uncover the latest trends in material innovation at Surface Design Show 2023
This February, Surface Design Show (7-9 February 2023) returns to London’s Business Design Centre, showcasing an exciting and inspirational array of new material trends, plus the latest [...]
How the Pantone Colour of the Year Viva Magenta impacts retail businesses
By Jordan Richards, Founder and CEO of RCCO We all love a business trend, especially when it’s positive and cheering – so what’s not to love about [...]
Dalton Park enjoys record breaking 2022
Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Destination ended 2022 on a high with a record year for sales. Like for like sales across the year were up 14.5 percent [...]
Online sales on Blue Monday rise 18% as UK shoppers turn to retail therapy to beat the January blues
Web revenues on Blue Monday (16 January) rise +18% week-on-week as shoppers banish the January blues with retail therapy Online sales on Blue Monday, dubbed the most depressing [...]
Gloucester Quays performance watertight as it reports record sales in 2022
Peel L&P has announced that Gloucester Quays, the premier South West outlet and dining destination, enjoyed a record breaking sales period in 2022, surpassing both 2021 and [...]
Lakeside Village enjoys sales boost in 2022
Doncaster’s shopping outlet, Lakeside Village is celebrating a fantastic year of trading in 2022. Sales were up 11 per cent like for like compared to 2019, the [...]
Record December for national jeweller as shoppers flock to stores to purchase special gifts
National family-owned jewellery, diamonds and watch retailer, Beaverbrooks, has seen its best December on record as Christmas shoppers headed to its 70 stores and website to purchase special [...]
Liverpool ONE brightens Blue Monday with hundreds of blooms
Flowers filled Liverpool ONE this morning to help put a smile on visitors’ faces on Blue Monday. Dubbed as the ‘most depressing day of the year’ following [...]
Springfields Outlet and Leisure sees in New Year with stores trading strongly
Record sales results at the outlet as Springfields continues to be a hugely popular destination in the Heart of England Announcing that Cadbury Outlet has signed in [...]
Festive gatherings and holiday bookings boost hospitality and travel in December, while utility bills continue to impact finances
Supermarket growth slowed as many Brits stocked up on festive food and drink earlier than usual to help spread the cost and avoid shortages Spending on utilities [...]
A very golden quarter for London Designer Outlet as it reveals record-breaking December trading
London Designer Outlet has recorded its best December performance since the centre opened in 2013, with sales totalling £10,464,749 Boxing Day sales were up 89% on 2021 [...]
Hobbycraft achieves robust Christmas results with total revenue growth of +7.2% versus 2021
Financial Highlights for Christmas Strong sales performance with total LFL growth of +5.5% Strong underlying growth in store sales were supported by the investment in a new [...]
Northern Ireland Outlet finishes 2022 with strongest sales on record
The Boulevard, Banbridge bucks national retail trends signalling strength in outlet shopping model After what was predicted to be a gloomy time for retail, The Boulevard in [...]
UK retailers close out 2022 with strong online sales – up +26% year-on-year in the last week of December – as Boxing Day boost sees shoppers snap up bargainsUK retailers close out 2022 with strong online sales – up +26% year-on-year in the last week of December – as Boxing Day boost sees shoppers snap up bargains
UK retailers close out 2022 with strong online sales – up +26% year-on-year in the last week of December – as Boxing Day boost sees shoppers snap up bargains
The last week in December (25 Dec – 01 Jan) saw digital sales surge +26% year-on-year as shoppers swerved rail strikes and shopped the deals from home [...]
Consumer card spending grew 10.6 percent in 2022, yet rising living costs made Brits more selective about purchases
Holidays abroad and socialising at pubs and restaurants led to significant recovery for international travel and hospitality Spending on utilities grew 32.9 percent, with Brits increasingly concerned [...]
Visitor data shows huge impact of train strikes on London and commuter towns
Place Informatics, a provider of footfall and location visitor behaviour data monitoring in the UK, has published new data highlighting train strikes’ impact on shopper and visitor [...]
Christmas shoppers to splash £2.87bn this ‘Panic Weekend’
Shoppers forecast to spend £2.87 this ‘Panic Weekend’ (17th-18th Dec), a rise of 4.4% YoY 34.3 million people to shop this weekend, with 21 million set to [...]
London Designer Outlet sales exceed pre-pandemic levels as shoppers seek greater value amid cost of living crisis
Sales for the Black Friday week exceeded those for the same period in 2019 in the run up to Christmas Sportswear sales during the Black Friday week [...]
Small Business Saturday spend up 29% year-on-year as nation comes out to back small businesses
American Express research shows 12.8million Britons shopped at a local, small and independently owned business this Small Business Saturday (3 December) – up 2.8million on last year [...]
December 2022/January 2023 issue
2022 A1 Buyers Guide
